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SBI Shinsei Bank soars 11% from IPO price in Tokyo trading debut
The lender’s listing has boosted the total volume in the country’s IPO market to a seven-year high SBI Shinsei Bank surged as much as 11…
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China chipmaker MetaX debuts after wildly oversubscribed IPO
CHINA will have another major chip debut on Wednesday (Dec 17), eagerly watched by stock-market investors after the stellar gains by its…
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China chipmaker MetaX soars 569% after wildly oversubscribed IPO
Chinese IPOs have been strong this year, averaging a 250% pop on the first trading day China saw another spectacular debut by chipmaker…
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China chipmaker MetaX jumps 755% after wildly oversubscribed IPO
Chinese IPOs have been strong this year, averaging a 250% pop on the first trading day MetaX Integrated Circuits Shanghai soared in its…
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Warner Bros Discovery board rejects rival bid from Paramount
Warner Bros Discovery’s board rejected Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4 billion hostile bid on Wednesday (Dec 17), saying it failed to…
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Warner Bros likely to reject US$108 billion Paramount bid, back Netflix in bidding war: sources
WARNER Bros Discovery’s board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance’s US$108.4 billion takeover bid, with…
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Chagee, Mixue, Scarlett, Xiang Xiang: Singapore F&B is a cut-throat business, but some are still expanding
Even industry leaders such as Eggslut and Haidilao have been forced to exit or dial back expansion plans In 2025, eateries have shut down…
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Chagee, Mixue, Scarlett, Xiang Xiang: Expanding in Singapore’s cut-throat F&B business
Even industry leaders such as Eggslut and Haidilao have been forced to exit or dial back expansion plans In 2025, eateries have shut down…
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RBNZ expects new bank capital requirements to lower rates
The new rules materially reduce requirements compared with decisions made in 2019 New Zealand’s central bank is reducing capital…
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Tesla eyes battery-cell production in Germany from 2027: report
TThe company’s European sales have slumped due to an ageing lineup and blowback over Musk’s politics Tesla plans to launch battery-cell…
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Grok spews misinformation about deadly Australia shooting
ELON Musk’s AI chatbot Grok churned out misinformation about Australia’s Bondi Beach mass shooting, misidentifying a key figure who saved…
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Von Maur Department Stores Entering New Jersey
Von Maur, the privately owed, family-run department store chain, plans to open an anchor store at the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold,…
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MUFG, SMFG among Japanese firms piling into India for growth
The total volume of deals targeting Indian companies has climbed 15% this year to almost US$90 billion Japanese companies are expanding in…
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European equities end lower as investors assess US data; defence firms tumble
EUROPEAN shares dipped on Tuesday, led by sharp declines in defence and energy shares, with investors parsing disappointing domestic and…
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US stocks ends mixed after paring earlier losses
WALL Street’s main indexes pared some losses on Tuesday afternoon with the Nasdaq closing up, and the S&P 500 and the Dow closing lower,…
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Who Was Nuno Loureiro? MIT Professor Shot Dead with Gunshot Wounds in His Boston Home as Cops Hunt for Gunman
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is believed to have been brutally murdered during a shooting at his home in a…
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Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram: Bondi Beach Terrorist Father Held Indian Passport but His Radicalized Son Was Born in Australia
One of the two men suspected of carrying out the mass shooting at Bondi Beach was originally from southern India but had little to no…
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GST reductions and festive demand continue to drive Indian vehicle market up
India’s Light Vehicle (LV) wholesales rose by 23% month-on-month (MoM) in October to 537k units. Passenger Vehicles (PVs) increased by 23%…
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Rob Reiner and Wife Michele Were Found with Their Throats Slit in Their Bed and Were Asleep When Son Nick Killed Them Before Fleeing to Hotel
Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found in their bed with their throats slit and may have been asleep at the time they were killed,…
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Keen Is Bringing Back Its Sold-Out, Handwoven Sneaker Loafer in Dark Burgundy Leather
Keen threw in an entry for the sneaker loafer craze at the beginning of the fall with a handwoven and hand-stitched silhouette that sold…
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Nick Reiner: Hotel Room Troubled Son of Rob Reiner and His Wife Fled to After Stabbing Them to Death Was Covered in Blood
The hotel room Nick Reiner fled to after allegedly killing his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, was found smeared with blood, according to…
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Buburuza COO Dr. Grygoriy Bakalor Says Your Dream Vacation Can Start Funding Itself Right Now
You think you can't afford Bali. But here's what AI-powered financial tools reveal: most people are already spending enough for that dream…
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Wall Street slips at open as investors assess key jobs data
Wall Street’s main indexes slipped at the open on Tuesday (Dec 16) after data broadly signalled a cooling US economy, paving the way for…
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Property tycoon Gordon Tang to acquire Suntec Reit manager
Tang and his affiliates currently own 35.7% of Suntec Reit, while the Reit manager ESR Trust Management (Suntec) owns 10.8% Acrophyte…